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Hot Cross Madeleines

The best part about having learned French for 4 years is being able to read authentic French recipes + being able to get recipes from actual french people. Being small and adorable (and shell shaped!), madeleines are one of my favorite french desserts so I naturally had to search up an authentic French recipe for it. But then my creativity got the better of me and I poured in a few spoons of spices and a load of dried fruit. I piped on a white cross bc it’s easter and why the heck not?

After all, nobody said creativity killed the cat.

According to the french website where I adapted (most) of this recipe from, the history goes something like this:

“This small cake came from the city of Commercy in Lorraine, where they say Stanislas Leczinski, king of Poland and father-in-law of Louis VX had the occasion to discover and appreciate it. This pastry, created by a peasant named Madeleine, was baptized by King Stanislas who lanced them into popular fashion in Versailles, and then Marie, spouse of Louis XV.”

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April 15, 2017 at 7:15 pm says

I absolutely LOVE madeleines! Every time I go to Costco (which is way too often), I buy them.These look perfect for post-AP test baking! 🙂 Also it is totally awesome that you for have been in French FOUR years (I am in my 5th year of Spanish)!

April 15, 2017 at 8:01 pm says

Lol you are SOOOO right!!!

Wow so lucky! We only have 4 years of each language at my school bc we’re really small. After that, if we want to continue we have to go to a nearby university (which is actually really only good in engineering so.. um..)